Effect of insulation properties on the field grading of solid dielectric DC cable

Author

Boggs, Steven ; Damon, Dwight H. ; Hjerrild, Jesper ; Holboll, Joachim T. ; Henriksen, Mogens

Author_Institution

Electr. Insulation Res. Center, Connecticut Univ., Storrs, CT, USA

Volume

16

Issue

4

fYear

2001

fDate

10/1/2001 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

456

Lastpage

461

Abstract

The development of solid dielectric DC transmission class cable is a priority throughout much of the world to avoid risks associated with placing hydrocarbon fluids in underwater environments. However the conductivity of polymeric solid dielectrics tends to be a strong function of temperature and electric field. Based on measured material properties, we demonstrate the effect of such dependences on the field grading of DC cable for the range of measured material properties and provide an analytical approximation for computing the field of resistively graded dielectrics including the effect of temperature and field-dependent conductivity

Keywords

DC power transmission; electrical conductivity; organic insulating materials; polymers; power cable insulation; electric field; field grading; field-dependent conductivity; insulation properties effect; material properties measurement; measured material properties; polymeric solid dielectrics conductivity; resistively graded dielectrics; solid dielectric DC cable; solid dielectric DC transmission class cable; underwater environments; Conductivity measurement; Dielectric measurements; Dielectrics and electrical insulation; Hydrocarbons; Material properties; Polymers; Solids; Temperature dependence; Temperature distribution; Underwater cables;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Power Delivery, IEEE Transactions on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0885-8977

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/61.956720

Filename

956720